Vehicle-wheel.



No. 839,728. PATENTEDVDEG. 25, 1906. T. T. GHALONER.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8, 1906.

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W/TNESSES an? r INVENTOH I, (2 y I l0122lJZCZCL/O/IC'/' ZZ/ H 5 B) W ATTORNE rs THOMAS T. CHALONER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

no. 839,728. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jose. 25, 1906.

application filed May a, 1 06. Serial No. 316.791.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS T. CHALONER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the cit of'New York, borough of Manhattan, t e county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Vehicle- /Vheel, of which the following is a full, clear, v

and exact description;

This invention relates to improvements in yielding tires for vehicle-wheels, the object eing to provide a yielding tire of novel construction that may be placed on a wheel having a metal tire and serve as a substitute for a pneumatic tire and having all the yielding qualities thereof without the den er of, de'

t may be .claim as new and desire to secure byLetters struction by puncturing or wear.

stated, however, that my invention may beapplied to a wheel having a pneumatic or a solidrubber tire.

I will describe a vehicle-wheel embodyin my invention and then point out the nove features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of refer? ence indicate corresponding parts in both fig ures.

. Figure 1 is a side view of a portion of a vehicle-Wheel, partly in section, illustrating my invention; and Fig. 2 is a section on the line m w of Fig. .1.

Referring to the drawings, 1- designates the rim or telly of a wheel, which, as here shown, has an ordinary metal tire 2. Engaging over the rim is a plurality of box-like blocks having side portions 3 for engaging the sides of the wheel-rim and cross portions 4 for engaging with the periphery of the vehicle-wheel. These blocks consist of metal and are slightly spaced apart, so that the tire member may readily yield. This tire member consists of a tread portion 5 and side portions 6 6 which engage over the blockson the wheelrim, and the inner sides of the side portions are provided with channels 7 for receiving lugs S on the block members. Arranged between each block member and the interior of the tread portion 5 are coiled springs 9, the said block members being provided with depressions 10 for receiving the inner ends of the springs, while the tread 5 is provided displacement of the springs.

substitute for a with depressions 11 for receiving the outer ends of the said springs, thus preventing the The tire portion of course will'be made of suitable metal, and in operation as a wheel revolvesf the portion of the tire engaging with the ground or. pavement will yield toward the vehicle? wheel, thus serving, as before stated, as, a

pneumatic or solid-rubber tire.

The side of the tire member is removable, so that it is obvious that the tire member may be readily placed .upon a wheel and the side 6 be subsequently secured in place byscrews a.

Having thus described my invention, T

Patent 1'. The combination with a vehicle-whee1,

'block'membersand the tread of the th'e.

2. The combination with a vehicle-wheel, of a plurality of box-like blockmembers engagin over the rim of'the wheel, lugs eX- tende from op osite sides of said block members, the sai block members having depressions, a tire member having a tread member, and side portions, one side portion being detachable, the said side portions engaging over the block members and provided with channels for receiving the lugs of the block members, the tread portion of said tire having depressions, and coiled springs engaging at one end in the depressions of the blocks and at the other end in the depres- Sions of the tire.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in'the presence-of two subscribing witnesses.

' THOMAS T. CHALOJER.

l/Vitnesses I FRANK J. Knnsnrcn, CHARLES LAWTAR. 

